The above link will take you to a story in the local news section of The Knoxville News Sentinel about restoring a brook trout stream in the Cherokee National Forest. Some cool photos! McNabb Creek, the featured creek in the article is a tributary of the North River and is not open to fishing. However, the article will give you a good idea of what has happened, cumulatively, to the parklands in recent years. It will also give you some idea of the scope of the efforts the state of Tennessee in it's attempts to restore the natural order of things.

Enjoy!!

Gerry Romer

__________________"I've since learned to use the best knot rather than the one that uses the least line. I go through more tippet material but compensate by drinking cheaper whiskey. One must have priorities." ... Art Scheck

This story gives us a good idea of what could happen if the "Road to Nowhere" is ever built. Hopefully the regime change at the NPS and Interior Dept. will put and end to it. Hope this isn't too political. It isn't meant to be.